You learn new things every day. No really. Now the benefits of anti-bacteral gels have been touted for quite some time, given the spread of the H1N1 virus. But what we didn’t know is that they apparently are a good ingredient in cocktails. The BBC reports of a prison who have banned the alcoholic gels [...]
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It’s nice occasionally to see some humanity in a world that can be as ruthless about things, particularly when it comes to doing business. Pixar has had some of that to contend with, as its head man, a certain Steve Jobs, who is also CEO of Apple, has recently revealed that he had a liver [...]
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They say Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. No, I’m not going mad about buffalos (although their steaks are nice, and Buffalo wings – which are made out of chickens, not buffalo, and are a specialty of Buffalo, NY – are also very nice). In fact, "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo [...]
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Ah, we hear about all the rivalry and competitiveness between different colleges and universities. But credit to Yale in 2005 for their inventiveness, as Wikipedia’s entry reports. Michael Kai and David Aulicino, two Yale students from the Class of 2005, created and coordinated the plan. Disguised as the "Harvard Pep Squad," they and twenty classmates [...]
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Oh, the egos that esist in the banking sector. Apparently, it was a single trader who tipped the price of crude oil to over $100 a barrel, if only for a few seconds. As BBC News reports: Last Updated: Thursday, 3 January 2008, 13:11 GMT Single trader behind oil record Open outcry trading is being [...]
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